GSLV-3
Launch vehicle · India
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The Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III was developed by ISRO to launch satellites into geostationary orbit and as a launcher for an Indian crew vehicle. The GSLV-3 featured an Indian cryogenic third stage and a higher payload capacity than the earlier GSLV models.
Related
- Country
- India
- Spacecraft
- Indian Manned Spacecraft
- Launch Sites
- Sriharikota SLP
Chronology
3 events
2014 December 18
04:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. Launch Pad: Srikarikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV-3.- CARE/LVM3-X - .
Mass: 3,735 kg (8,234 lb). Nation: India.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Spacecraft: Indian Manned Spacecraft.
Apogee: 126 km (78 mi).
Launch of the first GSLV-III rocket on a suborbital test flight. The S200 solid boosters and L110 core stage, with two Vikas engines, propelled an inert second stage to 126 km and 5.3 km/s. Second stage separation and payload separation were also tested; the payload was the Crew Module Atmospheric Reentry Experiment, a prototype command module for an Indian manned spacecraft with a mass of 3735 kg which splashed down in the Bay of Bengal. Orbit was around -4418 x 126 km x 32.7 deg.
2017 June 5
11:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota SLP. LV Family: GSLV. Launch Vehicle: GSLV-3.- GSAT-19E - . Nation: India. USAF Sat Cat: 42747 . COSPAR: 2017-031A. Apogee: 35,805 km (22,248 mi). Perigee: 35,766 km (22,223 mi). Inclination: 0.0700 deg. Period: 1,436.05 min. See GSat 19. ..